Biomechanical Cycling Analysis

What is involved with the analysis?

Our biomechanical cycling analysis is physiotherapy led and comprehensive. As part of the analysis you will undergo a physiotherapy analysis, professional bike-fit and functional movement analysis.

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01 Physiotherapy analysis

Initially, your Physiotherapist will complete an analysis. Within this analysis they will screen for any potential injury risks, along with strength, range of movement and various other testing procedures.This will provide your physiotherapist with an understanding of your strengths and weaknesses before you even get on the bike.

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02 Bike-fit

During the bike-fit your Physiotherapist will assess you in your current set-up. To do this they will use a high-speed digital camera to film you from multiple angles as you ride and will analyse your set up using specialised software. Your will be assessed from head-to-toe, measuring several joint angles and body postures to identify both the good and not so good aspects of your riding position.

Your physiotherapist will be able to identify what aspects of your bike set up could be adjusted in order to optimise your riding position and your performance. Very minor changes can transform how you ride the bike and really help you maximise your performance.

What we assess

During your bike-fit your physiotherapist will analyse how your body moves on your bike. Several different important aspects will be analysed:

• Overall body symmetry - If you have muscular tightness, or altered posture due to reasons such as leg length discrepancies you're symmetry will be altered, which can cause injury or affect performance.
• Joint angle measurements - Measurement of upper and lower limb joint angles to ensure that your joints are working in an optimum range of motion.
• Handlebars - Handlebar height, rotation and stem length.
• Cleat positioning - alignment and float settings are important for ensuring that the foot and ankle complex are positioned correctly.

Functional Movement analysis (FMA)

In order to further assess your strength and the efficiency of your movements your Physiotherapist will complete a functional movement analysis with you.

In a FMA an individual performs a series of body movements that incorporate ‘functional’ movements e.g. a squat. The aim of the FMA is to:

• Assess the efficiency of your movements
• Identify areas of good strength and control.
• Identify areas of weakness and poor control which may translate to your cycling
• Help inform your Physiotherapists exercise prescription

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01 Strength and Conditioning Programme

Following your bike-fit, your physiotherapist will provide you will a bespoke training programme to help you maximise your performance, or if you are currently injured, help you rehabilitate and reduce the risk of future injury.

In order to create a bespoke training programme your Physiotherapist will draw upon the findings of your physiotherapy analysis, bike-fit and FMA to formulate a programme to target your specific weaknesses. These exercises will be provided to you on a printed exercise programme.

Don't waste your effort and sacrifice your performance on the wrong bike set-up. Our biomechanical cycling analysis can help you optimise your performance.